North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *!ʼʰom

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: leopard

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼʰòm (n2) // (?) !ʼʰòm-kò-!xã́ṍ (n3) "flowering thorn-producing plant sp."; (?) !ʼʰòm-zõ̏ã̀-zõ̏ã̀ (n2 -si) "fly sp."

ǀǀAuǀǀen : !ʼʰum ~ !ʼum

!Kung (Lloyd) : !umm "an animal"

!Kung (Doke): !um

!O!Kung (Bleek) : !ʼʰḿ ~ !um

Mpunguvlei : !ʼʰòm "spotted"

Cuito : !ʼʰòm "spotted"

Cuando : !ʼʰòm "spotted"

References : Bleek 397, 399, 452; Dickens 324; Snyman 1997: 50.

RefLex number: 2504

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